tom, This is a very fancy and neat "story stick." idea. I'm trying to think of how to do the half flat on the dowell without power tools
I wonder if one could get a chunk of square extruded tubing and a rod that'd fit it. This might allow one to tap the bolt into the outside square piece thus avoiding the need for the half flat. Also might be more stable with the square outside. Just pondering how to make it all much too fancy and hard <GRIN> Neat design. Tom Fowle